conda-notes

Notes of relevance to working with the Anaconda python distribution

Distributions

• Full Anaconda
• Miniconda [my preference]
• Micromamba [minimalist shell install useful for headless machine install of a minimal set of packages]
  • https://mamba.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation/micromamba-installation.html
    • Note that of course the installation url could change if you are automating installaions from the above
  • For example into an AWS EC2 Deep Learning AMI
• Mamba : the libmamba solver in the latest conda seems to be working well so far

Environments

• Activation scripts are different between Linux and Windows

• conda-pack is useful to transfer a working environment from one machine to another

  • It must be created on the same operating system as you are going to use it on as it is packaging necessary files/binaries

    • Ubuntu -> Ubuntu
    • Windows Server 2016 -> Windows Server 2016

  • There are other things you can do than an install to a default home directory

  • Need example

  • References

    • https://gist.github.com/pmbaumgartner/2626ce24adb7f4030c0075d2b35dda32 -> Windows conda pack notes
    • https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59392191/import-existing-conda-environment-from-network-location

   C:\Users\rscott>robocopy.exe C:\Users\rscott\Downloads\pangeo \\boringnetworkfolder\pangeo /E . /W:1 /R:1 /NFL /MT:64
  

Hack library finding

echo Continuum/anaconda3/envs/*/lib/python*/site-packages/packageName | sed -E 's/[^ ]+envs\/([^/]+)\/lib[^ ]+/\1/g'

Continuum/anaconda3/condabin/conda.bat info --envs | awk '{print $1}' | xargs -ix Continuum/anaconda3/condabin/conda.bat list -n x | grep dask-geopandas

Continuum/anaconda3/condabin/conda.bat info --envs | awk '{print $1}' | xargs -ix Continuum/anaconda3/condabin/conda.bat list -n x | grep geoapps